Convent‚ Calcutta‚ India Gender: Female Religion: Roman Catholic Race or Ethnicity: White Occupation: Religion‚ Activist Nationality: India Executive summary: Missionaries of Charity Father: Kolë (d. 1919) Mother: Drana Sister: Aga (b. 1904) Brother: Lazar (b. 1907) INTRODUCTION: Catholic nun‚ a missionary. Mother Teresa was born August 26‚ 1910 in Skopje‚ the current capital of the Republic of Macedonia‚ which was part of the Ottoman Empire at the time of her birth and
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dress of the Lorretto nuns and wore a coarse‚ blue-bordered sari. Sister Teresa became an Indian Citizen in the year 1948 and came to be known as Mother Teresa. She had boundless faith and courage in her heart. She set up her organisation‚ the Missionaries of charity. It began formally in October‚ 1950. In the early days‚ she had lack of money and help. But Mother Teresa did not wait for them. She entered a slum‚ gathered a few children around her‚ picked up a stick and drew the letters of the Bengali
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became interested in missionaries. She took the name ’Teresa’ when she joined the Sisters of Loreto‚ an Irish community of nuns in 1928. She devoted her life to the poor. The mother was moved by utter poverty‚ suffering and misery of a large number of people in India; she decided to dedicate her whole life for the welfare of the poor and took Indian citizenship in 1948. She founded a school for homeless children in Calcutta and set up her own order‚ which became the Missionaries of Charity. Vision
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from the people in her new home country but also from the people to whom she devoted her life. She was born in 1910 in Skopje‚ Macedonia. At the age of 18‚ she joined the “Sisters of Loreto” as a missionary. After one year‚ she went to India to begin her novitiate. About 20 years later she began her missionary work in the slums of Calcutta‚ India. Since at the time she didn’t have any income and even had to beg for food‚ Teresa started to doubt her personal strength in being able to pursue this kind
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<b>Biography</b> <br>Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born August 26‚ 1910 in Skopje‚ in Macedonia. Her childhood was comfortable and prosperous due to her father’s success. Her father encouraged his children to be generous and compassionate to those less fortunate. Her mother was very religious and she took the children to morning mass. Agnes often helped her mother deliver parcels of food and money to the poor and prayed with the whole family every evening. The family’s life changed dramatically after
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1979 (World Book). Mother Teresa changed the lives of many‚ which includes the rich‚ poor‚ parentless‚ living‚ and dying. Mother Teresa had a vision to serve the poor‚ a strong work ethic as a teacher‚ collaboration skills for working with the Missionaries of Charity‚ and a strong commitment to gospel values. Mother Teresa’s early years spent with her family and community prepared her for the hard work she was going to face in the future. Her name at birth was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She was born
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MOTHER TERESA In my English assignment‚ I was asked to do a report on someone or things that I am interested with. So‚ I decided to choose Mother Teresa as my role model to accomplish my task. To me‚ a role model is someone you want to emulate or hope to be like one day. Besides that‚ a role model is also someone who has inspiring actions or words. However‚ I feel that a role model needs to be honest‚ kind-hearted‚ humble‚ and caring. Therefore‚ I choose Mother Teresa as my role model because
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outside on the streets to little children. But soon people started to help her out and gave money. As others started to teach and donate money Holy See gave Mother Teresa permission to start her own charity which was called “Missionaries of charity”. The charity Missionaries of charity was a foundation where Mother Teresa gave love to the people who have never felt loved before. Mother Teresa passed away on September 5‚ 1992 at age 87 she had a huge heart attack. Accomplishments Mother Teresa
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Although‚ civic engagement is the ideal ingredient to a preferable democracy it can imply a significant cost to the government as a result of implementing plenty of resources in order to engage the community. Also‚ it is worth to mention that with more citizens participating eventually will lead to disputes between stakeholders with different interests and objectives. In addition‚ citizens could not be civic involved due to numerous factors. For example‚ social exclusion is one of the factors that
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According to her what counted was what was inside a person‚ and she always saw the goodness there. Mother Teresa was born in 1910 in war-wracked Albania to Catholic refugees. At the age of 19‚ she went to India to join the Sisters of Loreto‚ a missionary order of nuns. She served with the Sisters as a teacher for 20 years. At the age of 38‚ while traveling by train in India‚ she had a striking realization that her life’s mission was to minister to the poorest of the poor. With the Pope’s blessing
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